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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as hero)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,500,446 ratings — published 2005
Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as hero)
avg rating 4.57 — 1,617 ratings — published 2023
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as hero)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,607,169 ratings — published 1997
My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as hero)
avg rating 4.29 — 153,276 ratings — published 2014
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as hero)
avg rating 4.29 — 955,331 ratings — published 2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 13 times as hero)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,272,197 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 12 times as hero)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,861,010 ratings — published 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as hero)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,942,591 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 12 times as hero)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,169,610 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 10 times as hero)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,715,870 ratings — published 2005
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as hero)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,093,478 ratings — published 2008
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hero)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,539,087 ratings — published 1937
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as hero)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,398,762 ratings — published 2006
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as hero)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,101,224 ratings — published 2007
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as hero)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,744 ratings — published 1949
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as hero)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,579,366 ratings — published 1998
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as hero)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,079,953 ratings — published 2011
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hero)
avg rating 4.27 — 873,266 ratings — published 2014
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 8 times as hero)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,243,400 ratings — published 2007
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
by (shelved 8 times as hero)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,963,549 ratings — published 2002
Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hero)
avg rating 4.14 — 198,031 ratings — published 2013
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 7 times as hero)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,171,735 ratings — published 2009
Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as hero)
avg rating 4.08 — 356,006 ratings — published 1997
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as hero)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,660,071 ratings — published 1988
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as hero)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,433,720 ratings — published 2011
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as hero)
avg rating 4.47 — 685,204 ratings — published 2012
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 3.76 — 121,396 ratings — published -1800
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,220,237 ratings — published -700
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,198,475 ratings — published 1954
Batman: The Long Halloween (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.35 — 113,941 ratings — published 1997
Batman: Nightwalker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 3.73 — 17,205 ratings — published 2018
Vicious (Villains, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.18 — 333,187 ratings — published 2013
Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.05 — 498,548 ratings — published 2005
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 3.91 — 672,650 ratings — published 1982
Axel (Corps Security, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,635 ratings — published 2013
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,323,318 ratings — published 2011
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,798,023 ratings — published 2010
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,244,930 ratings — published 2009
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.40 — 679,449 ratings — published 2011
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,240,683 ratings — published 2008
Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, #11)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.22 — 105,269 ratings — published 2007
Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.15 — 106,465 ratings — published 2003
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.08 — 168,213 ratings — published 1998
One Shot (Jack Reacher, #9)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.24 — 127,902 ratings — published 2005
Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as hero)
avg rating 4.05 — 109,766 ratings — published 2001
“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”
― Love Among the Chickens
― Love Among the Chickens
“Every story needs its hero. And its villain. And its monster.”
― Obsidio
― Obsidio

















